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- English Word Ash Definition A genus of trees of the Olive family, having opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as the European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and the white ash (F. Americana).
- English Word Ash Definition The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.
- English Word Ash Definition sing. of Ashes.
- English Word Ash Definition To strew or sprinkle with ashes.
- English Word Ash Wednesday Definition The first day of Lent; -- so called from a custom in the Roman Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads of penitents.
- English Word Ash-colored Definition Of the color of ashes; a whitish gray or brownish gray.
- English Word Ash-fire Definition A low fire used in chemical operations.
- English Word Ash-furnace Definition Alt. of Ash-oven
- English Word Ash-oven Definition A furnace or oven for fritting materials for glass making.
- English Word Ashame Definition To shame.
- English Word Ashamed Definition Affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt, or a conviction or consciousness of some wrong action or impropriety.
- English Word Ashamedly Definition Bashfully.
- English Word Ashantee Definition A native or an inhabitant of Ashantee in Western Africa.
- English Word Ashantee Definition Of or pertaining to Ashantee.
- English Word Ashantees Definition of Ashantee
- English Word Ashen Definition Of or pertaining to the ash tree.
- English Word Ashen Definition Consisting of, or resembling, ashes; of a color between brown and gray, or white and gray.
- English Word Ashen Definition obs. pl. for Ashes.
- English Word Ashery Definition A depository for ashes.
- English Word Ashery Definition A place where potash is made.
- English Word Ashes Definition The earthy or mineral particles of combustible substances remaining after combustion, as of wood or coal.
- English Word Ashes Definition Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or when "returned to dust" by natural decay.
- English Word Ashes Definition The color of ashes; deathlike paleness.
- English Word Ashine Definition Shining; radiant.
- English Word Ashlar Definition Alt. of Ashler
- English Word Ashlaring Definition Alt. of Ashlering
- English Word Ashler Definition Hewn or squared stone; also, masonry made of squared or hewn stone.
- English Word Ashler Definition In the United States especially, a thin facing of squared and dressed stone upon a wall of rubble or brick.
- English Word Ashlering Definition The act of bedding ashlar in mortar.
- English Word Ashlering Definition Ashlar when in thin slabs and made to serve merely as a case to the body of the wall.